An Ontario judge has found no grounds for preventing the media from reporting that one of three people accused of murder has pleaded guilty, even though the co-accused will stand trial soon. And another judge of the province’s Superior Court has refused to seal documents filed in a civil case despite a claim they reveal…
«Ici CIBL Radio-Montréal… pour y rester.» C'est sur ces mots que se termine le livre CIBL. 30 ans de radio citoyenne lancé hier soir dans les locaux de la station dans l'est de Montréal. Avec la complicités des artisans de la station, les auteurs Chloé Sondervorst et Robert Blondin signent «un livre qui s'écoute comme une émission de…
What happens when serious journalists moonlight as celebrities? And what does it mean for the industry's credibility? These questions are at the heart of a recent Postmedia feature by Misty Harris published in the Vancouver Sun.
In Second Wounds, media scholar Carrie Rentschler traces the emergence of victim advocacy in the U.S. from the sixties until the present. Rentschler also explores the relationship the victim’s rights movement and the media, describing how U.S. reporting on crime has been influenced by the movement’s idea of the “secondary victim” as well as theories of…
BC Business writer Lucy Hyslop recently sat down with Vancouver Sun editor Patricia Graham to discuss the challenges of bringing newspapers into the digital age.
The Toronto Star's food editor Jennifer Bain won first place for her "Saucy Lady" column at the recent Association of Food Journalists Awards Competition. The competition drew 280 entries from across North America. Bain won the Best Newspaper Food Column award, submitting a column about natto, a Japanese dish of fermented soybeans, and a smoked…
In this week's edition of celebrity photos, The Globe and Mail pokes some fun at the stars with a little Occupy Wall Street humour — or it tried to anyway.
Les parlementaires sont globalement très critiques à l’égard du travail des journalistes, de la qualité de l’information qu’ils produisent et de leur apport aux débats démocratiques. C'est ce que révèle une étude menée par le Centre d'études sur les médias de l'Université Laval. Intitulée «Les parlementaires de l'Assemblée nationale et les médias: consommation et évaluation…
With Occupy Wall Street-style protests heading to Toronto's Bay Street this weekend, journalists may want to take note of their counterparts' coverage in Manhattan. As The Tyee points out, it didn't start out so great. When protesters — spurred on by urgings from Vancouver-based Adbusters magazine in July — took to the street on Sept.…
J-Source's Lauren McKeon joins the audience in Toronto as APTN's Cheryl McKenzie speaks with warmth, wit, and self-deprecation about the aboriginal network, and her own personal journey.